ESSIC Interstitial Cystitis - Painful Bladder Syndrome

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literature on various other treatments of BPS

ESSIC uses the name bladder pain syndrome (BPS) instead of interstitial cystitis (IC) and/or painful bladder syndrome (PBS): click here for more details.

hyperbaric oxygen

Safety and efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of interstitial cystitis: a randomized, sham controlled, double-blind trial.
van Ophoven A, Rossbach G, Pajonk F, Hertle L. J Urol 2006;176:1442-6
• the authors conclude that 3 out of 14 patients improved on hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and 0 out of 7 on "placebo"; the treatment with hyperbaric oxygenation appeared to be a safe

hydrodistension

Prolonged hydrodistention of the bladder for symptomatic treatment of interstitial cystitis: efficacy at 6 months and 1 year.
Glemain P, Riviere C, Lenormand L, et al. Eur Urol 2002;41:79-84
• the authors conclude that prolonged hydrodistension showed a good but transient efficacy in the least developed or least severe forms of IC